Staff Software Engineer - Distributed Systems Architect

Xero; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Xero is seeking a Staff Engineer to shape the architecture of our global platform. You will influence distributed, high-scale systems while mentoring teams and setting engineering standards.

You will balance technical excellence with coaching, participate in code reviews, and ensure robust delivery across squads. The role supports hybrid work with 2–3 onsite days in San Mateo, CA, and collaboration with teams in Australia and New Zealand.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering large-scale distributed systems.
• Mentor engineers and raise technical bar across teams.
• Strong background in modern engineering practices like CI/CD and TDD.

Responsibilities

• Refactor monolithic systems into distributed architectures.
• Lead major architectural decisions and set technical direction.
• Collaborate with product, design, and cross-functional teams to ship scalable solutions.
• Drive CI/CD maturity and code quality programs.

Skills

Distributed systems

Code reviews

Mentorship

CI/CD practices

TDD

High-scale software

Tools

.NET

C#

React

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

Xero is seeking a Staff Engineer to shape the architecture of our global platform. You will influence distributed, high-scale systems while mentoring teams and setting engineering standards.

You will balance technical excellence with coaching, participate in code reviews, and ensure robust delivery across squads. The role supports hybrid work with 2–3 onsite days in San Mateo, CA, and collaboration with teams in Australia and New Zealand.